Yang Guifei
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An ancient painting depicting Consort Yang mounting a horse
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26 June 719 Yongle, China |
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| Died | 15 July 756 (aged 37) Mawei Station, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China |
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| Burial | Mawei Station, Xianyang, Shaanxi (grave later not excavated) |
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| Spouse |
Li Mao, Prince of Shou Emperor Xuanzong of Tang |
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| Father | Yang Xuanyan | ||||
| Mother | Lady of Liang | ||||
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| Yang Yuhuan (楊玉環) |
Yang Yuhuan (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Yáng Yùhuán; Wade–Giles: Yang2 Yü4-huan2) (26 June, 719 — 15 July 756), often known as Yang Guifei (Yang Kuei-fei; simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Yáng Guìfēi; Wade–Giles: Yang2 Kuei4-fei1; literally: "Imperial Consort Yang") (with Guifei being the highest rank for imperial consorts during her time), known briefly by the Taoist nun name Taizhen (太真), was known as one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. She was the beloved consort of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang during his later years.
During the An Lushan Rebellion, as Emperor Xuanzong and his cortege were fleeing from the capital Chang'an to Chengdu, the emperor's guards demanded that he put Yang to death because they blamed the rebellion on her cousin Yang Guozhong and the rest of her family. The emperor capitulated and reluctantly ordered his attendant Gao Lishi to strangle Yang to death.
Yang was born in 719 during the Tang Dynasty, early in the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. Her great-great-grandfather Yang Wang (楊汪) was a key official during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, and, after the fall of the Sui Dynasty, served one of the contenders to succeed Sui, Wang Shichong; Yang Wang was then killed when Wang Shichong was defeated by Tang forces in 621. Yang Wang was from Huayin (華陰; in modern Weinan, Shaanxi), but his clan subsequently relocated to Yongle (永樂; in modern Yuncheng, Shanxi).
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